Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) If the Board is of
the opinion that an activity of a medical radiation technologist involves or
will involve a risk of imminent injury or harm to the physical or mental
health of any person, the Board may, without further inquiry, do any or all of
the following —
(a) give
to the medical radiation technologist who is carrying on that activity an
order prohibiting the carrying on of the activity for a period of not more
than 30 days;
(b) give
to the medical radiation technologist an order to comply, for a period of not
more than 30 days, with such conditions as the Board thinks fit in
relation to the practice of medical radiation technology by that medical
radiation technologist;
(c) give
to the medical radiation technologist an order suspending the person from the
practice of medical radiation technology either generally or in relation to
any specified area, circumstances or service, for a period of not more than
30 days.
(2) An order made
under subsection (1) must —
(a)
state that the Board is of the opinion that the activity of the medical
radiation technologist involves or will involve a risk of imminent injury or
harm to the physical or mental health of any person;
(b)
specify the activity that in the Board’s opinion involves or will
involve the risk and the matters that give or will give rise to the risk; and
(c)
advise that, within 14 days of the making of the order, the Board will
revoke the order or make an allegation about the matter to the State
Administrative Tribunal.
(3) The Board may, by
subsequent order given to the person to whom the order made under
subsection (1) was given, revoke or vary the original order at any time
before making an allegation about the matter to the State Administrative
Tribunal under section 56.
(4) The Board may deal
under this section with a complaint even if —
(a) the
Board, the impairment review committee or the complaints assessment committee
is already dealing with the complaint, or a complaint including elements of
the first-mentioned complaint, under this Act; or
(b) the
same complaint, or a complaint including elements of the complaint before the
Board, has been made under the Health Services (Conciliation and Review)
Act 1995 or is being treated as a complaint that was made under that Act.